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mzilla · 16-10-2006, 14:14

Hey guys,
Last few weeks I've been busy building a website that should contain usefull and insiprating links for (web) designers all over the world.
I felt that there was a need for this websites, most links come from my personal collection. Please, take a look and tell me what you think about the site, and ofcourse the content on the site. Thanks in advance!

The link is http://www.lostindesign.net

forbes · 16-10-2006, 14:52

I think the concept is good but the design needs more work.. too much text. Also not keen on the logo. the webpage is just a series of boxes with texts in them so Perhaps jazz it up a lil

jase1000 · 16-10-2006, 14:57

Approporiate name - there's so much stuff going on on the homepage that it really does feel like you're 'lost in design'. Don't know if that's what you intended though?

It would be a massive improvement if visited links were highlighted. It's too hard to remember where you've been.

Daniel Diggle · 16-10-2006, 15:45

What youve got is a golden concept. But if you really want it to work, you need to get even more organised with you catagories. Portfolio sites for instance, placing them in some kind of sub catagories based either on their main medium (digital art, ills, design) or on the theme or design/emotive image of the site (dark secretive, bright colourfull, bespoke, typographic). If you got something like that and even a small-partial screenshot of the homepage it could be only 20x20pixels big. The web is crying out for good design directories that are well clasified and organised:

take a look through my links too, but again theyre currently unorganised:

<<web Links>>

mzilla · 16-10-2006, 18:37

Hey all, thank you very much, this was the kind of feedback I was looking for. To defende my self a little, I know the layout is kind a flat and simple, but that was the main goal of the site, just a bunch of links nothing else.
Things might become clearer when introducing subcategories, but then at once the site gets a lot more complex, but I will think about a way of doing that.
And last but not least, thanks Daniel Diggle for the link to your topic, really usefull stuff! I will keep you up to date!

mzilla · 18-10-2006, 09:26

I did a little update on the layout of the website and I'm currently working on the catgory / subcategory thing. I think tough it allready has become a bit more clear now. Thanks again for your opinions!

jase1000 · 18-10-2006, 13:41

You addressed the visited link issue. Nice one

Your heading font is still a bit pants though

mzilla · 18-10-2006, 18:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by jase1000

You addressed the visited link issue. Nice one

Your heading font is still a bit pants though

Yeah, I know that's the next one, but it takes a little more work to do. I'll keep you informed, thanks again for all the feedback, and offcourse all of your thoughts are still more then welcome!

jthomas · 20-10-2006, 16:22

I think you should make your quote under your header more prevalant.

mzilla · 24-10-2006, 16:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by jthomas

I think you should make your quote under your header more prevalant.

Okay, I shall take look at it, currently I'm thinking about a good way to show the categories and subcategories and to make it offcourse a little more understandable...

i3lance · 24-10-2006, 20:07

Nice style but the homepage is way to busy. A nice approach in trying to break up the text but still very text heavy.

pajamajeremy · 25-10-2006, 13:35

It's way too wide. A text based site like yours should be able to fluidly adapt to any window size & screen resolution.

The links are all "mystery meat" I don't know what i'm clicking on until I click on them, and then they open in a new window. Rude.

"Not another design directory. Not a big pile of links." Sorry, but that's exactly what it appears to be.

mzilla · 25-10-2006, 18:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by pajamajeremy

It's way too wide. A text based site like yours should be able to fluidly adapt to any window size & screen resolution.

The links are all "mystery meat" I don't know what i'm clicking on until I click on them, and then they open in a new window. Rude.

"Not another design directory. Not a big pile of links." Sorry, but that's exactly what it appears to be.

I do not totally agree with you. I it is because of the little screenshots you do know what you are clicking on. The most directories only use a little description to tell what you are going to see, and a picture tells more then a thousand words they say.
On the opening in a new window thing, this was more like a service. I mean in the most cases you are not going to click just one link but you wanna see a whole bunch of sites. So it is kind of annoying if you lose the webpage every time you click a link. As a second most people use tabbed supporting browsers these days and most of the you can configure to auto open new windows in new tabs. Anyway it is worth the thinking to see if there is a nice little way to give users a choice, the same window or a new one.

illvibe · 25-10-2006, 20:23

Unfortunately, the kind of people who find any value in these sites care about how your site looks too.

For starters, I'd lose the handwritten headings and develop a more deliberate colour palette.

mzilla · 25-03-2007, 18:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by illvibe

Unfortunately, the kind of people who find any value in these sites care about how your site looks too.

For starters, I'd lose the handwritten headings and develop a more deliberate colour palette.

You are right, and that is why I totally redesigned the website. I tried to make things a bit clearer by choppin them up. So forget all above and please, let your critisism sound again. By the way, I hope you like the new style...

amitrampal · 25-03-2007, 19:22

The page wobbles when you rollover "Sean Marclee"....I think some javascript clash with absence. This thing happens in Firefox....

u982744 · 25-03-2007, 22:04

Great idea if the site is maintained. There's no point having a resource site if it's not up to date.

mzilla · 26-03-2007, 03:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by amitrampal

The page wobbles when you rollover "Sean Marclee"....I think some javascript clash with absence. This thing happens in Firefox....

I know, will fix. There appears a scrollbar with the overlib when you move over a link thats in the bottom of the page. And about the maintainance, thats gonna be just fine!

hit-squad · 26-03-2007, 05:54

i hate the type but where your going with it is generally ok, just lots of tweaking needed, it nweeds to be spruced up a lot, everything tightened and just brought to life abit

skinny1 · 26-03-2007, 12:09

Its a little cluttered Id work on the layout and look at your font options - great idea though

16-10-2006, 14:14	#1 (permalink)
mzilla Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 9	Lostindesign.net Hey guys, Last few weeks I've been busy building a website that should contain usefull and insiprating links for (web) designers all over the world. I felt that there was a need for this websites, most links come from my personal collection. Please, take a look and tell me what you think about the site, and ofcourse the content on the site. Thanks in advance! The link is http://www.lostindesign.net

16-10-2006, 14:57	#3 (permalink)
jase1000 turd 2.0 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Right on your tit end Posts: 1,168	Approporiate name - there's so much stuff going on on the homepage that it really does feel like you're 'lost in design'. Don't know if that's what you intended though? It would be a massive improvement if visited links were highlighted. It's too hard to remember where you've been. __________________ Stand Free

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jase1000 turd 2.0 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Right on your tit end Posts: 1,168	You addressed the visited link issue. Nice one Your heading font is still a bit pants though __________________ Stand Free

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i3lance Read between da lines! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: UK, former Londoner Posts: 844	Nice style but the homepage is way to busy. A nice approach in trying to break up the text but still very text heavy. __________________ i3lance

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16-10-2006, 14:52	#2 (permalink)
forbes Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Belfast Posts: 780	I think the concept is good but the design needs more work.. too much text. Also not keen on the logo. the webpage is just a series of boxes with texts in them so Perhaps jazz it up a lil

16-10-2006, 15:45	#4 (permalink)
Daniel Diggle oh dear me™ Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: UK, London Posts: 117	What youve got is a golden concept. But if you really want it to work, you need to get even more organised with you catagories. Portfolio sites for instance, placing them in some kind of sub catagories based either on their main medium (digital art, ills, design) or on the theme or design/emotive image of the site (dark secretive, bright colourfull, bespoke, typographic). If you got something like that and even a small-partial screenshot of the homepage it could be only 20x20pixels big. The web is crying out for good design directories that are well clasified and organised: take a look through my links too, but again theyre currently unorganised: <<web Links>>

16-10-2006, 18:37	#5 (permalink)
mzilla Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 9	Hey all, thank you very much, this was the kind of feedback I was looking for. To defende my self a little, I know the layout is kind a flat and simple, but that was the main goal of the site, just a bunch of links nothing else. Things might become clearer when introducing subcategories, but then at once the site gets a lot more complex, but I will think about a way of doing that. And last but not least, thanks Daniel Diggle for the link to your topic, really usefull stuff! I will keep you up to date!

18-10-2006, 09:26	#6 (permalink)
mzilla Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 9	I did a little update on the layout of the website and I'm currently working on the catgory / subcategory thing. I think tough it allready has become a bit more clear now. Thanks again for your opinions!

20-10-2006, 16:22	#9 (permalink)
jthomas coffee is not a crime Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Illinois, USA Posts: 455	I think you should make your quote under your header more prevalant.

25-10-2006, 13:35	#12 (permalink)
pajamajeremy Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 7	It's way too wide. A text based site like yours should be able to fluidly adapt to any window size & screen resolution. The links are all "mystery meat" I don't know what i'm clicking on until I click on them, and then they open in a new window. Rude. "Not another design directory. Not a big pile of links." Sorry, but that's exactly what it appears to be.

25-10-2006, 20:23	#14 (permalink)
illvibe say werd. Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Japan Posts: 1,277	Unfortunately, the kind of people who find any value in these sites care about how your site looks too. For starters, I'd lose the handwritten headings and develop a more deliberate colour palette.

25-03-2007, 19:22	#16 (permalink)
amitrampal Pixel Inc. Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 71	The page wobbles when you rollover "Sean Marclee"....I think some javascript clash with absence. This thing happens in Firefox....

25-03-2007, 22:04	#17 (permalink)
u982744 B&W Solutions Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Canberra Posts: 213	Great idea if the site is maintained. There's no point having a resource site if it's not up to date.

26-03-2007, 05:54	#19 (permalink)
hit-squad digital artist Join Date: May 2006 Location: plymouth. uk Posts: 147	i hate the type but where your going with it is generally ok, just lots of tweaking needed, it nweeds to be spruced up a lot, everything tightened and just brought to life abit

26-03-2007, 12:09	#20 (permalink)
skinny1 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 18	Its a little cluttered Id work on the layout and look at your font options - great idea though

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